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iPhone exploits go mainstream.

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks, Inc.

Tech News, News, Daily News, Technology

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

DarkSword targets iPhones for indiscriminate exploitation. Cybercrime and the Iran war. The FBI confirms purchasing commercially available location data. The DHS secretary nominee gets grilled on CISA funding. A Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability is being used in targeted espionage. A new Android malware targets sensitive data stored in user notes. AWS warns of ongoing Interlock ransomware activity. Tracking pixels grab more than they should. Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus from The FAIK Files podcast speak with Hany Farid about the real-world harms of synthetic media. Do Boomers balance breaches better?  Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus, hosts of The FAIK Files podcast, speaking with Hany Farid about the real-world harms of synthetic media. Last week, the FAIK Files team sat down with Hany Farid -- digital forensics expert, professor at UC Berkeley, and co-founder of Get Real Security ( getrealsecurity.com ) -- to discuss deepfakes, authenticity metadata (C2PA), and forensic deepfake detection approaches. And here's a link to the youtube video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpmRb2O7Xc Selected Reading Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild (WIRED) Cybercrime has skyrocketed 245% since the start of the Iran war (The Register) CISA official says agency has not seen uptick in cyber threats amid Iran war (The Record) FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says (POLITICO) DHS nominee Mullin pressed on restoring CISA staffing (The Record) CISA Adds Exploited Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaw to Warning List (GB Hackers) Russian hackers exploit Zimbra flaw to breach Ukrainian maritime agency (The Record) New ‘Perseus’ Android malware checks user notes for secrets (Bleeping Computer) AWS Warns Hackers Have Abused Cisco Firewall Zero-Day Since January (Infosecurity Magazine) The Collection of Commercial Intelligence: TikTok & Meta Ad Pixels (Jscrambler) Forget Millennials: why those over 65 are the real cyber security pros (The Senior) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thank you. Dark Sword targets iPhones for indiscriminate exploitation.

1:05.8

Cybercrime in the Iran War.

1:07.9

The FBI confirms purchasing commercially available location data. The DHS secretary

1:13.3

nominee gets grilled on SISA funding. A Zimbra Collaboration Suite vulnerability is being used in

1:19.5

targeted espionage. A new Android malware targets sensitive data stored in user notes. AWS warns of

1:26.7

ongoing interlock ransomware activity.

1:29.4

Tracking pixels grab more than they

1:31.3

should. Perry Carpenter and

1:33.1

Mason Amadeus from the Fake Files

1:35.2

podcast speak with Haney Farid

1:37.5

about the real world harms of

1:39.2

synthetic media. And

1:41.1

do boomers balanced breaches

1:43.0

better?

2:00.0

Music and do boomers balanced breaches better? It's Thursday, March 19th, 2026.

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